A recent vote in the U. S. House showed sharp splits among Democrats over military action in Lebanon. Rep. Rashida Tlaib tried to push a resolution forcing the Trump administration to pull any U. S. troops out of Lebanon within a week. But her effort failed badly—only 91 Democrats backed it, while 1
A new study shows that tiny DNA shapes, called tetrahedral framework nucleic acids or tFNAs, can calm the overactive immune system that attacks the thyroid in Hashimoto’s disease. Researchers first treated mice with these nanostructures and saw a clear shrinkage of the swollen gland, fewer immune ce
The Dallas Stars hockey team is switching up their game plan by eyeing a new home in Plano, Texas. Instead of staying downtown, the team wants to build a massive entertainment hub near The Shops at Willow Bend, a spot already popular for shopping and dining. The project could cost around $1 billion
The United Nations is weighing how to keep a stabilizing force in Lebanon once the current peacekeeping mission ends. Recent months have seen rising tensions along the Israel-Lebanon border, making outside monitoring more urgent. The UN’s top leader recently shared three draft plans to replace the c
Iran says the United States is pulling its punches on the talks that could end a long‑standing conflict, and it blames Israeli attacks in Lebanon for making negotiations even harder. The Iranian foreign ministry says the talks have begun with a lot of suspicion and that the U. S. keeps changing its
Scientists have found a new way to tweak tiny lasers so they can emit light at different colors and stay super focused. Imagine a laser that can change its color smoothly while staying sharp and strong—that's what these micro lasers now do. They used a trick with changing chemicals inside the laser
Scientists have explored how a special mixture of tiny particles can help cool down hot machines more efficiently. The fluid, made from sodium alginate and two kinds of nano‑particles, behaves like a smart material that changes its flow when the surface it touches bends or stretches. The research
Israel has now marked another large area in southern Lebanon as a combat zone, urging civilians living south of the Zahrani River to move north immediately. Residents in this roughly 2, 000 square kilometer stretch have been told to leave, with the military stating it will respond “with great force”
A new way to build special sulfur compounds uses light and copper. Instead of the usual method, chemists now link a sulfur atom to a carbon that is already part of a simple hydrocarbon. This process happens when the copper catalyst, fed with light energy, pulls electrons from the hydrocarbon.
Bacteria in the Gloeobacterales group live in a simple way. They don’t have the usual stacks of membranes that most cousins use to catch sunlight. Yet they still survive and grow. New research shows these bacteria solve the problem by stealing genes from other microbes. They pick up pieces of DNA th
